Automobile awning



March 16 1926.

L. H. WILLIAMS AUTOMOBILE AwNING Filed May l5, 1925 {NVENTOR LH. WILLIAMS ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS HENRY WILLIAMS, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAMS AUTO AWNING CO., 0F ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION' 0F MISSOURI.

AUTOMOBILE AWNING.

Application led May 15, 1925. Serial No. 30,596.

To all whom t may zzo/noem.'

Be it known that I, LOUIS HENRY WIL- LIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automobile Awnings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in automobile awnings, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide an awning or canopy of the character described which may be attached to the windows in the body of an automobile and which may be removed therefrom at will so as to shade the eyes of occupants of the automobile from the rays of the sun, and which also permits of the opening of the windows during a shower or the like.

A further object of my -invention is to provide an awning or canopy of the character 'described in which particularly novel means is supplied for supporting the awning upon the body.

A further object of my invention is to provide an awning or canopy of the character described which is simple in construction and which is compact in form when not in use, and which is thoroughly practical for the purpose intended.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of my invention,

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view along the'line, 2 2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the awning detached from the body,

Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of a part of the device shown in Figure 2, a part thereof in section,

Figure 5 is a sectional view along the line 5-5 of Figure 4, and

Fi re 6 is an enlarged sectional view substantlally along the line 6--6 of Figure 1.

In carrying out my invention I make use of the ordinary type of automobile body having a window frame 1. A pair of screw eyes 2 and 3 are disposed one above the other with the axes of their eyes in alignment at each side of the window frame 1 on the inner face of the frame and adjacent to the top of the frame. The eyes 2 and 3 are disposed at a distance of labout one inch and a quarter apart from one another substantially as shown in Figure 4. My improved awning consists in a rigid rectangular frame 4 of wire having portions at each end of the top edge thereof bent laterally at 5 and terminat- Ing 1n substantially upwardly extending portions 6. The portions 6 extend upwardly when the frame 4 is disposed in the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. When the frame 4 is in its normal fixed positlon as in Figure 1 and in full lines of Figure 2, the upper end 7 of the portions 6 of the frame 4 bears toward the innermost side wall 8 of the eye 2, while the lower portion 9 bears outwardly against the adjacent portion of the eye 3.

The portion 6 has an arcuate groove 10 extending transversely thereacross which engages with the portion 8 of the eye 2 when the awning is in its fixed position with respect to the window frame 1. The frame 4 has a fabric covering 11 having portions 12 substantially triangular in contour extending at each end, which portions serve to lill the space between the sides of the frame 4 and the window frame 1.

Straps 13 are carried by the portions 12 and have snap fastening members 14 carried thereby, which fastening members are arranged to engage with and be secured to complementary fastening members 15. The members 15 are secured to the innermost faces of the frame 1 adjacent to the lower part of the awning as by the provision of a screw shank 16 received in the wood or material of the frame.

The provision of the straps 13 and snap fasteners 14-15 serves to prevent movement of the awnin frame 4, and hence the portions 6 are he d in en agement with the eyes 2 and 3 as describe, and the awning is secured against unintentional removal from the window frame.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In xing my improved awning or canopy to the body of* the vehicle it is merely neoessa to lower the window glass of the window ajo and projectythe fringed portion 17 of the awning therethrough, preferably from the inside. The portion 6 of the laterally bent arts of the frame 4 are then projected ongitudinally through the aligned eyes 3 and 2, while the frame 4 is in the position shown in Figure 2 in dotted lines.

The frame is then lowered to the position shown in full lines in Figure 2 and the snap fasteners 14 are engaged with the fasteners 15 thus looking the awning or canopy in place.

From an inspection of Figures 2 and 6 Yof the drawing, it will be noted that the straps 13 are secured to the triangular portions of the covering by the provision of buckles 19 carried by the triangular portions, thereby permitting the innermost portion 20 yof the straps 13 to be drawn through the buckles 19 for the purpose of adjusting the length of the strap 13.

I claim: I

1. The combination with a vehicle body having a window of eye members arranged in airs at opposite sides of the window and `adjacent to the top thereof, vthe eyes in each pair having their axes aligned and vertical, a substantially rigid frame having portions bent laterally and eXtendin substantially vertically when the frame is 1n an operative position, said upwardly extending portions 'bers and being arranged for projection through the aligned eye members and fashioned to interlock with one of the eye members when the frame is in its operative position, an awning covering for the frame, and means for securing portions of the covering to the body, whereby the frame is held against unintentional movement relative to the body.

2. The combination with a vehicle body having a window, of eye members arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the window and adjacent to the top thereof, the eyes of each pair having their axes aligned and vertical, a substantially rigid metal frame lia-ving portions at each side of the top part thereof bent laterally and extending substantially vertical when the frame is in an operative position in the window of said vehicle, said upwardly extending portions being arranged for projection through the aligned eye memfashioned to frictionally engage with the eye members when the frame 1s 1n its operative position, an awning covering for the frame, adjustable straps secured to the lowermost portions of the cover, and snap fasteners associated with the vehicle adjacent to the window and with theeoutermost ends of the straps, whereby the frame may be Idrawn andV maintained in its opera tive position in the window.

LOUIS HENRY WILLIAMS. 

